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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27
". G. KENTZEL. Editor
GOOD DOCTOR DIET.

VI Dr. Diet, who's not heard
IN terms polite and phrase absurde
q gooaiy man. OF goodly deed
troclaiming here and there his creed.
Vi eating plain and simple.
Welcome he gets at doors too few,
Inouga goes he there, kindness to do;
10 save the young from gripping aches,
1nat Ioio ow eating sugared cakes;
10 save the old from fevers grim.
3Eom pains thai wrench each neither limb,
no proners counsel calmly.
HIS step is light: his eye is clear:
Hls cheek IS plump, but not from beer;
20 Iresn ana hearty; yet I'm told
fou couldn't guess how very old
Yet always fresh and cheery.
Tor those who dote on dishes rich,
On liver stews and greasy fitch:
For those who stuff and drink and spree,
And at big dinners like to be-
TINS good man has curious smile;
ne Knows that in . little while
OF bile and gout they'll grumble.
He loves the pure. and sweet and good,
Who relish best bis simple food:
He bids them eat for strength and use
fon rake Is always too profuse"-
Says DR.. Dict. sadly.
When one is sick, and asks for him,
Comes DR.. Diet gently in,
And brings in counsel him to SEQ
Old DR.. Quiet-they agree,
As doctors should, serenely.
But best for all. IL must tell,
II DIR. ID. when we are well:
His wise commands all should obey,
And comfort take from day to day;
With mind alert and full OF vim.
With body sound from core to rim,
Make life sunlit and happy.
-Hoi. D. R0yton, in PireaOlogical Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A fast man is usually very slow when
itcomes to paying his debts. Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Editorial excursions are never de-
layed nor the members ever molested by
train robbcrs.-Fort Worth Gazette.
Some things . woman doesn't
know, of course; but one of them isn't
what she thinks Of other women
Boston Journal of Education.
Goethe once said: I'VE ought to
look at some picture every day." But
then. that was before the old man saw
the pictures in the daily press.-Neso
Age.
I'm ancient times, it is said, any
thing that Midas touched was turned to
gold. In these days, the touch Of gold
will turn many y man to anything.
There are men in New York who
spend half their time dodging people
they have borrowed money of. and the
other half in hunting up fresh victims.
"A French woman says she once
paid large sum Of money to learn how
to get a certain moose into bow.
What most girls want to learn is how
to get . certain beau into moose.
Easier to preach than to practice
ys :. sse the e
II il be true, oh, philosophers, pray.
Why don't ye cast further study away.
Making the marin maxi ye teach Us ,s more elears
Let what We do not severely alone.
-Bossoa Budget.
The monkey is now generally REQ
ognized to be a sort Of y connecting
link between the human race and the
lower forms of animal creation. The
main question now is whether the dude
doesn't como first Of the -Acrchoni
Traveller.
Gotham Boy Cat Niagara Falls
PA. did that man that drives the car
riage build that big damn" Pa-..No.
the Niagara flows over = natural preci-
pice, my son." Gotham Boy -''That's 9
strange. thought from the price he
charged that he made it. It'd Bits.
-'.Of the ripe age Of eighteen" il
what an esteemed Springfield paper
says of . beautiful and accomplished
maiden now visiting 1t the capital.
This ought to be pleasant reading for
the unfortunate females who have
entered upon the sere and senile years
Of eighteen and twenty.-C1icago Nea0a
They don't get the best Of me. !"
said Muggins. the grocer. in telling
how he had defeated supposed attempts
to overreach him; mo. sir. they don't
get the best Of me-" IF you refer to
your customer" replied . woman who
had come in for . cents worth of yeast.
Il guess you are about right. Mr.. Mug.
gins."-EostoS Trssscri0k
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS
A CHERRY FELLOW.

- SO66oU VeeS0"e
Iknow . funny fellow.
With locks Of golden yellow.
Who never yet could cross or angry b;
Although he often tumbles,
He never cries or grumblcs,
But he laughs H~. ha! and H0! ho! hol Hol no !
The very blossoms knew him;
The brooks came running 70 him,
And sang: I'VE love to join you in your giooT
Glad birds came flying after.
To listen to his laughter,
With its Ha! ha ha! and H0! ho! hoI He! hoI
sWe're comrades" smiles the daisies;
In pleasant woodland mazes
The squirrels chippcd: Hes quite - gay -
wcr'
What CHEEKY sunshine made,
In places lone and shady,
With his Ha! ha! ha! and He! hoi ho! HeI III
When rain began to patter.
And timid birds to scatter,
He laughed: That makes no difference TO mel
The sun will soon be shining;
My cure for all repining
u Ha. ha! hY! and Ho! no! no! He! hel
When life shall lift the curtain
OF years for him, It's certain
That no cross or Grabbed nature his viii b;
II Joy may leave us one beam,
Oh, may that he our sunbeam,
With his Ha. ha I. ha. and Ho no! no! Hel ho!
-Gsor9s Cooper, In Golden Days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27
COURAGEOUS ANIMALS.

So0o of the Most Promlneat Features Of
the Ball-Dog's Character.
Owing to his comparative rareness.
his moral character is IS little under
stood by the general public IS are his
points. and by very large section Of
the community he is looked upon with
fear and aversion, Is being both savage
and treacherouA He il in reality
seldom the first by nature. though he
may be by education. and the latter he
never is, either by nature or education.
His evenness Of temper is one Of the
most prominent features Of his char
scter, and what he is at times he always
il. II ne has been educated to be
savage he always will be savage. but il
his natural good-natured Incidence is
allowed to develop properly by kind
ness and good management he will be
always gentle. There is nothing vari-
able or snappy about him. and he will
allow liberties to be taken with him by
children-aye, and by grown-up chill
drcn also-that many other sorts Of
dogs would resent, such as collies and
retrievers. who are not at all times trust
worthy. and who. If they are being
teased or get their tails troddcn upon.
are liable to turn and snap. Snappingis is
an unknown vice among bulldogs; but if
they should be thoroughly reused they
60 straight to business and fix on the
object that they intend to annihilate,
and, rs our transatlantic cousins say.
..they freeze on" and. being once
fixed, it is . matter Of considerable
trouble to get them to loose their hold.
Their tenacity and courage are house,
hold words in our language, ana
seldom is . book written without
some allusion to bulldog courage
and tenacity; and our successes
in the battlefield are constantly
attributed to the '.bulldog" courage Of
our men and the resemblance of the
man to the dog in not knowing when
he is beaten. Their fidelity also is
great; and, though evidently not an
admirer Of the breed. one Of our great
est novelists pays tribute Of admira-
ton to that quality in them, in his de-
scription of Bill Skies dog and his
melancholy ending. in which he clearly
shows which is the finer beast Of the
two, the beast man showing up in
degrading relief to his feur-footed
friend, whose fidelity no brutality or
i'll usage could shake. Bulldogs are
most aNectionat. and intelligent. and
much Of the abuse that is lavished on
them Is on account Of their appear
snce, which Is decidedly against them
as regards the gen:ler virtues, and be-
cause OF the utter want of knowledge
Of the subject displayed BY large Sec
ton Of the public Saturday ReUies0.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A machine has been invented tha,
will sew on 5000 buttons in . day.
During the year 1886 American
mills produced 1850. 900 tons of steel
rails. valued .t $40. 200. 900. The pros:
pest for 1887 il still better.-PistsJsrgh
Posi-.
The West Lebanon Penn Rolling
Mill Company has shipped q chain
weighing TWEEN :y-five tons for use on a
five-mast lake schooner. It requires
two cars to carry it
"A recent computation makes the
velocity Of tho solar system in space
only about 10. 0OO. 900 miles year. BY
different method another computer
has determined the rate to be about
SIS, 600. 900 miles . year.-ArkansoU
Traveller.
A Russian physicist finds that. con-
trary to general belief. the strength
and property Of elongation are in
creased by low temperature in iron
and steel. the force Of cohesion being
intensified BY contraction.-Arkansas 70
Trareler.
A Birmingham Ens.) firm are
making oar-blades of the best sheet
steel. highly tempered. These are de-
clared to be much Stronger than the
ordinary wooden blades and. being
much thinner. enter and leave the
water cleaner. They are strongly fit-
ted to wooden handles.
"A St Augustine. Ga. letter de-
scribes the ice works at that place a.
having capacity Of 1.O0O pounds per
hour. The freezing cans make mass
Of 200 pounds each. and are taken out
in rotation. an average OF Eve hourly.
after thirty-six hours exposure to the
evaporation OF ammonia. $40 cans be-
ing kept at work.-Boston BUDGET.
Last year (lSS6) the spots on the
sun were so small and few that it may
have been the minimum of the sun
spot period Of eleven years. So says
the distinguished Italian astronomer.
Prof. Tacchini. From the 31st of Oc-
tobcr to the 18TH of December there
were only six days when any trace Of q
spot could be discovered on the solar
disc. and only single tiny spot could
be observed on those daya-N. 7. Led
ger.
The process Of taking beautiful
.olored photographs has recently been
perfected by an English photographer.
A negative of the sitter is taken by =
sentitizcd plate of electric light. From
the negative positive is produced on
\ chemically-treated basis by the aid Of
solar camera and = spectroscopic ar
rangement The image il produced in
colors without the aid Of hand-work or
brash.-CAicGgo Adrance.
"A movement nas been started to
found . laboratory on the New En-
gland coast, where students, teachers,
and investigators may find facilities
for the pursuit Of biology. 1t is now
some years since the brief episode of
the Perikese laboratory. which was
founded by Mr.. Anderson and intrusted
to Professor Agassiz. During the in
terval. summer schools of science have
multiplied. and few Of them have sue
cessfully maintained their modest use
fulnesS.-Pyblic ODiniOn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27
best Perhaps I ought mt to have
talked so free to . stranger; but run
m fhouf thinking -

best Perhaps ! ought nj 10 nave
talked so free to . stranger; but ! run
on without thinking"
"You have interested me very much."
said Mrs. Escott, whose face had lost
its look of WEAKNESS and disappoint-
ment. Il am very glad you told ne
your brothers story"
Taylor says that sometimes the
'.heaviest wheat Of ALL may spring up
from seeds dropped in an accidental
way. Mrs. Escott, when once more in
the train. found the story she had heard
sufficient food for thought during the
rest Of her journey. The awakening
from the selfish torpor into which her
grief had plunged her had been accom-
plished at last BY the merest accident.
She was not naturally selfish. It was
sorrow alone which had made her 80.
When she returned home. the follow
ing day. her servants were surprised at
the change which had taken place in
her. She appeared brighter and more
active than they had ever seen her. and
instead Of spending the afternoon
lying on a sofa in darkened room.
she went out to make . call on Rev.
Mr.. Barry.
She told him very frankly the object
Of her call. She wanted him tn take q
long vacation, 60 to Europe at her cx-
pense for stay Of six months. or
longer. if his health required it
81 have more money than l know
how to usc," she said. when Mr.. Barry
demurred at her propositions; land !
want to spend some Of it rs pleases me
best You can preach the Lords word
far more cloquently. and do His work
with hundred-fold more vigor, after
. rest and complete change. Take your
wife with you. Of course. She needs a
rest. too. The five children can come
to me. Twill take care Of them until
your return. They will. perhaps" and
her voice faltcred, do me good in
good in many ways. I have been
lonely for 50 long"
It need scarcely be said that Mr..
Barry accepted the help which had
come to him in so noble and generous
shape; and two weeks later he and
his delicate. gentle wife were on the
ocean. and their five noisy. happy chill
dren, whose ages ranged from fourteen
to five years. were romping in Mrs.
Escott's big garden. and filling the
long-silent rooms Of tho great stone
house with noise and life.
The seed 50 accidentally dropped
bare even more fruit; for the society
which had organized the Sunday read
ing-room received donation from Mrs.
Escott Of five hundred dollars, and the
promise Of moro when it was needed.
Mrs. Escott never drifted back again
to the aimless. melancholy. selfish life
she had led before that memorable call
At the little brown farmhouse, and in
the years that followed she never
thought without gratitude Of the sweet
faced woman who had told her the
minister's simple story.-F'orence B.
Hollorell. in Chicago Standard.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27

The man who propels wheel-bar.
row sees his work ahead Of him all the
tiMe.-Bvst0n Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27

in one respec' er dog is mighty
like er man. De mo- sense he's got de
bigger raskil be i&-ArkansaU zrau.
eic
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27

The Watertown Times says that
the spectacle Of horse grazing in
front yard. while . goose kept him
from straying by holding the halter. did
not attract a. much attention as it
would If the goose had not been an
''exilcd tailor's goose" weighing
about twenty pou0dA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-27

Tho hump on the back Of the
dromedary consists chiefly Of hard fat.
and is store of nourishment provided
against the day Of want to which tho
animal. in . wild state, il often ex-
posed Tho dromedary or camel can
exist for an extended period on this
hump without any food. and it will not
die Of want until the hump has been
entirely absorbed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
THE SARCOPuAGUi
Some Opinions Of "EvanGolists."

An editorial in the Nashville Advocate
contains this sentence: "Thank God the
great body of Methodist preachers is
composed almost solidly of evangelists
Ill the best sense of tho word" That is
good, and if the saying of DR.. Price, of
HolStOn, who scCms to have studied the
subject, is true. the cyangolists in the
worst sense are not Methodists. We
ought to be thankful for that DR.. Price
fears that ''tho greed for gain-'the ac-
cursed thirst tor gold lies ut the bottom
OF much of the eyangelistic activity seen
in these days" The Now York Christian
Advocate has no misgivings on the sub
ject, but boldly asserts "thero are five
hundred Nhypocritos, imposters and
cranks of one sex or the other getting
their living as temperance lecturers,
cyangelists, ETC., in the United States
and Canada" That is q bad showing,
but only proves what has been often
SAID: The people love to be hum
bug8ed." In tins matter they obtain
experience at too dear, price. God
forbid that we should throw straw in
the way OF any man who honestly tries
to do good; but brethren, mako every
stranger show clean papers.-St. Louis
South western Advocate.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
He Dreaded tho story.

You ore charged with meeting Mr..
Smith on Broadway last night and as
saulting him withil five minutes after
you saw him." observed the court to q
prisoner.
"What is your dofonso?"
ET did it in solf-defonso, your honor"
,In sclf-dofense? He didn't strike
you first, did hep"
"No, your honor; but you SEQ his
horse won race down in kentucky and
hadn't seen him since the event. "-Ex.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
POsterlty VS.. Ancesty.

1t is no longer questioned, it is adj
mitted, that the blood of man is inn
proving. The children of to-day are
better formed, have better muscle and
richer minds than our ancestors. The
cause of this fact is due moro to the
general use of DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic
than any other source. ,l*
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

Place first, plsco foremost, proudest,
best,
The nnmo here cut, whose splendid
story,
Blown hencoward, North, East, South
and West
Remains your heritage Of glory
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XVI.

Yet, ere the onset, doomed to die!
Disdaining place, and fame and favor:
."Nly country"-still his latest sigh
81 would have staked my life to save
herp'
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Than thus to link our memories
With his immortal name.

While History weaves for him her crown
The fairest ever seen,
Carolina's daughters long will strive
To keep the garland green.
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XVII.

Yea, when the stress of peril came,
And wars wild ravage sore bcstead
them,
Ho would have led her hosts through
flame
OF battle, even as Hampton led them!
XVIII.
Ho would have died, like gallant Bee,
AS if martyrs crown had crowned
him,
To guard his States dear sovereignty,
With her Palmetto flag around him!
XIX.
Fair Cardinal Mid the names
That blazon thy heroic pages,
Whose record all our reverence claims
Whose words go sounding down the
ages
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Kill.

See! HGsToRY takes her diamond pom,
10 trace with calmness unimpassioncd,
From first to last, his life, whea
Was statesman's life so purely fash
iOned?-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

Most Of Persia is very rugged, hence the
Persian rug.
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XIV.

So tireless in its aim to wage
The war of splendid word and action;-
So staunch amid the rant and rage
OF obvious and ignoble faction;-
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XIV.

So like lighthouse on rock,
When fast the surges swirl, and faster;
Still warning those who did but mock,
Of tempest, shipwreck, wrench, disas-
ter!
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rho four allegoric figures on the base
OF the monument represent Truth, JUS
tlcc, Tho Constitution and History.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
Kill.

Looks up to him, whose giant thrust
Still kept at bay each pressing foeman ;
Ready to die,-if die he must,-
"Pro Patria!"-grand rs any Roman!
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

CalhOtn Monument,
Laid by Henry Buist,
NJ. W. Grand Master Of
Grand Lodge, y. T. NJ. Of S. G.
June 28th, 4. l.. 1858.
The first step accomplished, the mom-
bers of the Association did not relax
tl,cir efforts, but encouraged by their
success pressed vigorously on.
Plans and estimates were discussed
and when tho war broke out the work of
building the monument was on the eve
Of accomplishment. Then came the
four years struggle with its trials and
hardBhips, its alternations of hope and
despair, and ut last the ond, when all
seemed lost forever. 1t is TO the courage
and sclf-sacrilicc Of Mrs. Snowdcu, the
treasurer during this period, that the
Association owes its continued existence.
Losing her own property, she preserved
that OF the Association. When Sherman
burned Columbia she passed through
those fearful days and nights with the
securities of tho Association stitched in
the folds of her dress, and, taking nc
thought of her own losses, held inYiolate
her sacred trust.
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AFTER TIE WAR,

When the war was over it was found
chat such was the character of tho in
vcstmcnt8 that scarcely one was without
Valuc. OF course all receipts during the
war were in Confederate currency and
all OF the securities were greatly dopre.
ciated, but there still remained an
amount actually available sufficient tc
Justify the hope that the purpose Of the
Association might be carried out.
The records and books of account
we're placed in the hands Of Col. p. c..
Gaillard, who, in 1874, presented com,
plete and able report, showing the fund
iii hand to be $27, ,92O.1O.
Tho Association having been rcor8an,,
lzed, the proposition was made, ana met
fund in their hands should bo used for
che endowment Of an educational insti-
tuition for the young men or young
! women of the State, appropriately dedi-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

Stern JUSTICE VOWS, by sword and shield
Her robes of regal state upon hcr,--
That she, rs soon her scales could yield
AS he-his Carolina's honor!
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And III her sovereign majesty,
The CONSTITUTION, with her token
Spread open on her bonded knee,-
Not one of oil her fasces broken
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TRUTH," with her mirror, at his feet,
Gives back, without n wane of glory,
His whole consistent life, complete
AS some clear page of classic story.
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Step from thy civic chair; receive
~, The homage which thy people render:
Ihe best that grateful hearts can give
10 keep thy memory fresh and tender.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-04

usV = ~ Susslea powsr oe respectable
cuoy1gtisns; an, living inconstant fsar Of
0hssgptioa By Germany, he's unwillingly
paid its surplus Cor Tie support Of Q mon.
arcA whose drm insistance upon the divine
right Of kinss, insures the favor Of the
royal families controlling the balance Of
European power. The sons OF King Chris
tjan have been candidates for many third.
rate thrones, and the rule Of the king Of
Greece, proved that they were not wanting
In ability. But it is, by their uncompro.
missing hostility to popular government that
they have endeared themselves to the no.
bility and royalty Of Europe.
The Danish Liberals are turbulent and
aggressive under the leadership Of Herr
Berg, one Of the greatest orators Of modern
times, and the only rival Of the Spanish
Cicero, CASTELAR,. His eloquence might
have caused revolution that would have
swept aside the monarchy like chaff in a
whirlwind, but his patriotism has restrain.
ed him from taking what could only be a
temporary triumph. Germany would be
glad Of any pretext for seizing the gateway
Of the Baltic or securing more firmly or
the Danish throne king who would be hel
servant.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-04
Coercion Doomed,

It looks now as though the Tory coercion
bill would get its death blow in the second
reading stage. A defeat Of the govern
ment on this question would cause disso-
luton which just now would be very un-
popular with the business classes. In that
event good number of Tory voters would
probably be induced to give their votes to
Gladstone to give him chance to push his
remedial legislation for Ireland.
There were ll3 absentees from the meet.
ing of Conservative members of Parliament
on Thursday last to consider the coercion
question. With the exception OF few, it
IL known that the absentees were opposed
to coercion. Out Of these l13, IL will surely
vote against coercion, and it is safe to pre-.
dict that 40 will abstain from voting. This
Will reduce the number Of Conservatives to
26l, which together with the 80 Unionists
will bring the Conservative strength up to
800. The Gladstonians number l9l mem.
bers' the Parnellites, s8, making total of
277, and with an additional 80 votes, which
II Q low estimate, Mr.. Gladstone could
show majority Of 7. Another estimate
puts the vote against coercion as high as
S37 composed Of Gladstonians and Parnel.
Ntes, with 40 Liberal Unionists and 20 Con.
servatives, which would defeat the govern
ment, even II it received the votes of tn,
whole of the remaining members.
Apparently, in this instance 1t will b.
proved that Ireland's darkest hour was jus
before the dawn.